already lost the protection of Blood Moon's future Alpha. And when he finally did walk over, it hadn't been to sto

hing, the girl hurri

re of her. She also said Aria refused to help with her birthda

r off. "Until the investigation is complete, your graduatio

s face we

g our positions o

stared

ted to Frostland's core program and tried to take her persona

ture Alpha to stop the people who had humiliated me. But his protection had come far too late. When I had been standing in that archi

'd returned it the day before, he'd casually tossed it into the box of hardware he'd been using to assemble Lyra's bed. Later, he'd had the entir

ament. After the match, he hadn't gone looking for his parents. In

p this saf

't und

l. Why are you

to me. When I become the strongest Beta in

come a Beta candidate. But I would never know wh

ive. Damian hadn't fully overwritten the files when he'd deleted them. After several hours, they

ing it ran after them, then finally steadied beneath an ancient tree washed in moonlight. My ten-y

up again when

came from beh

eight

ifferent academies." I looked down at the st

protested from s

r. No matter where we go, we'll n

our of them stood around the black screen in silence. In the end, the people who

und the login page. First, he tried each of their birthdays. Wrong. Then the date of our first group shift. Wrong again. He